I know that there are issues important to our uniformed service members. including pay. housing. and retirement benefits. As important as these issues are to my constituents and to the constituents of each of my colleagues. we must resist the temptation to add unrelated expenditures which will further delay our ultimate goal. The Obey amendment pays for the conflict in Kosovo. increased military pay for our troops. money for emergency food assistance to the refugees and provided for the victims of the storm in Central America such as the terrible result of Hurricane Mitch. I support this approach by the Obey amendment and I support the addition to this budget of humanitarian aid to be offered by NANCY PELOSi and TONY HALL. We must include such additional relief to ease this human tragedy of the ethnic Albanians.
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